TODAY IN THE TUILERIES

I've seen this guy a few times in the park, but I had a few spare minutes today, so I stayed and watched him in action.  He had 14 (!!) dogs, 1 long-tailed wheatie, and probably at least 10 balls, which he threw every which way as packs of dogs tore after them.  None on leashes, all wearing orange bandanas.  One thing is for certain: he is definitely their pack leader.

Rollo-Cops.  That's a new one.  

And as per my mom's request: a photo of Sciences Po, where all the magic happens.  This is the Rue des Saint-Peres building, where I have French and the European Union as an International Actor.  

p.s. Claudine's daughter went her first day without smoking in five years today!!  send her good thoughts!

VERSAILLES

Today Alison, Clara, and I took a day trip to the former home of the Sun King, and later Marie-Antoinette (as well as a whole bunch of other people).  We got lucky with lines and weather, though we did, at one point, get on the wrong tiny train going through the garden, and ended up at the exit instead of Marie-Antoinette's farm.  So that will have to be my first stop next time.  Also, helpful hint: there are BIKES in the park!!  That would definitely be the way to see it.  

Sometimes inbreeding took its toll, and people ended up looking like this..

Louis had pretty luscious hair

Louis XIV's bedroom

Hall of Mirrors!

Hall of Mirrors mirror pic

One more for good luck

Marie-Antoinette

Marie-Antoinette's bedroom (fun fact: 19 children were born in this room)

The ceiling of the Napoleon room

all painted by Jacques-Louis David (Napoleon's official painter, who spent his life making Napoleon taller and more handsome than in real life)

Eerily similar..

The fountains were synchronized with chamber music, which played throughout the gardens.

Sadly I was too big for the pony rides.